Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Ralph Grant - Captain 1913 RISD football team

Susan Clark over at the blog Nolichucky Roots published a picture of her football-playing great-uncle today. It reminded me of this photo of my grandfather, Ralph Westcott Grant.

GRANT
Captain and Centre of School of Design Team

There is a date on this newspaper photo of Tuesday, October 21, 1913. The name of the paper was not included but it was probably ThePawtucket Times, published in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. My grandfather received an drafting degree from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) around 1915 but until I came across this newspaper photo, I had no idea that he played sports as a young man.